Keep Calm and Make Music Weekly Wonder Colours

Keep Calm and Make Music Weekly Wonder Colours of the Rainbow - for YR and KS 1

Colours of the Rainbow KS 1

Do you know the colours of the rainbow? (click to find out if you are right) Red Green Orange Blue Yellow Indigo Violet

Can you sing a rainbow? Click to Sing a Rainbow Learn the makaton signs for the colours in Sing a Rainbow with Mr Tumble and Sing a Rainbow with Fairy Sarah You can practise the song lots of times click here Sing a Rainbow with words on repeat

Can you sing the colours verse off by heart? Can you add the makaton signs as you sing? (Go back and watch Mr Tumble or Fairy Sarah again) Why don’t you film yourself on the i. Pad and send it to some family members or just perform live for your family

Rainbow colours are everywhere How many red things can you think of? Click three times to get started Draw or make a list of red things, look round the room you are in or out of the window. You could use a red pen or crayon to make your list

Rainbow colours everywhere Can you find something to match every colour of the rainbow? Listen to this Rainbows Colours Song for some ideas Why not make a list of things for each colour of the rainbow

A rainbow of fruit and vegetables Can you think of a fruit or vegetable for each colour of the rainbow? Here are some to get you started (click 6 times)

Make a rainbow of fruit and vegetables Can you make a rainbow of fruit and vegetables? You could draw some pictures or cut some pictures out of a magazine or even use real fruit and vegetables (if you do this one take a photograph of it) BUT always ask a grown up to help you

Let’s make some rainbow music - To make a rainbow there needs to be rain and sun together so……………… To make your rainbow music you will need a rain sound, a sun sound a rainbow sound Click on each sound in turn then choose your favourite rain sound, sun sound and rainbow sound To make your rainbow music play the sounds one after the other or all at the same time to create your rainbow music e. g. rain 1 + sun 2 together for a count of 5, then add rainbow 1 for a count of 3, the stop the sun, stop the rainbow, stop the rain Choose one of these rain sounds sun sounds rainbow sounds rain 1 or rain 2 sun 1 or sun 2 rainbow 1 or rainbow 2

Now for a bit of science and some facts about rainbows Click on this link to hear Dr Binocs explain how a rainbow is formed And click on this link to read some interesting Rainbow facts (ask a grown up to read some facts for you if there is too much writing!) e. g. Did you know rainbows are a full circle?

Here are some more songs about colours for you to enjoy listening to Here is another song about the colours of the rainbows for you to listen to and join in Rainbows Colours Song 2 Look at your lists, drawing and photos as you listen What is your favourite thing of each colour of the rainbow? Click here for a song called Rainbow Connection from Kermit the Frog Listen to this song all about lots of different colours Look at All the Colours I can See

Congratulations you can sing, play and make rainbows!